OpenBSD moves to 8.0-beta in -current and snapshots

Contributed by Peter N. M. Hansteen on 2026-07-16 from the 8.0-beta, betcha dept.

OpenBSD development is an ever ongoing activity, and when the feature set of a new release has been set and the stabilization phase leading up to the release starts, -current becomes $NEXTRELEASE-beta.

The switch to 8.0-beta happened with this commit by Theo de Raadt (deraadt@):

List:       openbsd-cvs
Subject:    CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src
From:       Theo de Raadt <deraadt () cvs ! openbsd ! org>
Date:       2026-07-16 6:21:10
Message-ID: 17bf9c846ef76761 () cvs ! openbsd ! org

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org	2026/07/16 00:21:10

Modified files:
	sys/sys        : param.h 
	etc/root       : root.mail 
	share/mk       : sys.mk 
	sys/arch/macppc/stand/tbxidata: bsd.tbxi 
	sys/conf       : newvers.sh 
	usr.bin/signify: signify.1 

Log message:
move to 8.0-beta (which means a few days of snapshot bumpiness)

Hopefully the bumpiness in snapshots will be minimal.

We encourage readers to install and test the software in ordert to help making the upcoming OpenBSD 8.0 release the best possible free operating system.

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